The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-16
FACT AND FANCY.

Wood is dcsrcr In New Hampshire now than
for many years.
A New York brewer gives his workmen forty
kegs Of beer day
AT Barre, W., the granite industry furnishes
], lS2 men with employment
The prohlblloulsls of Connecticut will hold
state convention at New Haven Dec. Z.
The degree of muster Of arts was recently
conferred on five Young ladies by the Royal
University OF Ireland.
A solid cnt-glass bcdsioad, richly worked,
I was lately made at Birmingham, England, Tor
u Calcutta millionaire.
Tho small boys IN the vicinity OF Oxford, n.
H.. are making money by gathering cvcrgreens
for New York parties.
The crop of acorns In Georgia is the finest
ever sien 10y the oldest inhabilant Hogs are
getting very fat in the woods.
In southern Arizona buslncss Of all kinds Is
Increasing IN volume, and the mining and cal
tie industries are assuming large proportions
The most ancient agricultural society in the
United States was organized in South Caro-
lima II was founded in 1881, and is therefore
1913 years old.
Al Cleveland, o., is Froebel society com
posed of Young ladies' which holds monthly
meetings In the interest Of Kindergarten work
and supports u free Kindergarten.
\ question is being discussed In Mobile, Ala,
as TO whether 1t Is the city's duty to pay the
city attorney for defending n councilman OF
one OF the wards in a suit of trcspass.
John sheircffs who died at st. George, Me-.
the other day left neither will nor heirs aud
as result the state treasury will be 500, COO
better off, he having left that amount OF
money.
The III lie escort has gone out of fashion
among the women of New York AT the
lhcatcr the other night were seen nine parties
composed of young women protected by u
matron.
An editor Of San Diego (Cal) paper gives
the proprietor OF rival sheet the following;
''Wc came from the heroic stock Of Daniel
Boone and in our veins there flows no drop oil
craven blood"
seamloss wood fiber piping and tubing, re-
Gently invented by wood pulp manufacturer
at Mechanicsyllc " T., 10 said 20 be imper'
vous to acids and moisture, and practically
indestructlblc
Saws THE Annstogn (Ala.) Hot Blast a
recent $. brought suit for damages was con-
promised Yesterday for $1,000. The atorn-
eys in the case are happy IN the possession OF
one-haf of the amount Ms their fee.
Quite feat was performed by an English
steam tug recently. 1t towed the broken
Ii 4 ba
Canary islands to Hamburg distance OF
eighteen hundred miles in eleven days.
A pneumatic clock company is u new thing
in Paris, which takes charge OF number OF
clocks, regulating them by air power. When
the pipes get out Of order, which happens
about twiceg week, large part OF Paris is
tiuncless.
The Saturday hall-holiday is but little re-
spected IN the city OF New York. Banks aud
commercial exchanges are the ONLY places that
pay any attention to 1t, and they are now pre-
pairing Il petition to the legislature asking for
I, its repeal.
A letter was sent through the Charlotte
town (P. L. ~ postoillce recently which bore
the foliwlng unique postscript: "Deliver II
to no one els ask the partic calling to lit his
hat you will See large Bald Spot on the Side
Of his head"
A plous crank at San Jose, Cal, is asking
all the religious and temperance ORGANIZATIONS
In the country to 'hle protests, To be- present.
ed to Senator Stanford, asking him to cndow
his university with money derived from some
other source than the product of the vine"
Three old men died at Bradford, Vt, last
week They were: Il. NJ. Kent, aged 81 years:
Edwin Fuller So, and Joshua Gerry NJ. For
many years the latter person pursued the bust
ness OF u drovcr, and was well known all over
the northern New England States.
Americans who went TO England this year
10 enjoy pleasant weather missed " by great
many months. While In America the autumn
has been unusually pleasant. England for the
past two months has had an extraordinary
amount OF cutting east wind, aud q hard win
ter has already set IN
at would be WE'LL remarks the Jackson
(Ga.) Argas," for the Baptist church author
tiles TO repair the bclfry ~ that church 50 ~
to prevent its being made an asylum for
pigeons. Religious worship Is often disturbed
By this ridiculous nuisaucr, and We hope 1t
| viii be properly looked after.
The days OF the small shopkcepcr, who only
| buys ut third or fourth hand Ia small quaint
tiles withoutout any command OF market are
considered numbered In London, owing TO the
| continued dcvclopcmcnt of cooperation. An
enormous amount OF solid capital is being us
| ed IN nntugonsm 10 retail competitors
Cyrus De Forest, farmer at North Wilton
| Conn, has novel birthday party and gift an.
mualiy. swarm uf bees ut this time enter
the house IN very mysterious manner, and
take possession Of the space between the cell
lug aud floor. Last year he reaped a harvest
II ...,nutr-alx rnnnds Of Lnner mud this xcai